Andreas Gunesch

This article deals with a clergyman of the 17th century, for the theologian of the 19th century of the same name see Andreas von Gunesch .

Andreas Gunesch (* 1648 in Sibiu ; † December 27, 1703 there ) was a Transylvanian Protestant clergyman and historian .

Life

Andreas Gunesch attended high school in his hometown and then went on a trip through Germany to prepare for school and church office. On July 1, 1670 , he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg and returned to his hometown in 1674. In 1680 he became pastor in Petersdorf near Mühlbach im Unterwald , in 1685 pastor in Kelling and 1702 pastor in Mühlbach, which he remained until the end of his life.

Gunesch wrote his work Fides Saxonum in Transylvania in 1697 , in which he campaigned for the Saxons, which should serve to build trust and recognition of the same. Gunesch was also a historian who worked on the Transylvanian history of Johann Bethlen, which was published in the Chronicon Fuchsio-Lupino-Oltardinum by Josef Trautsch.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Gunesch, Andreas II . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 34 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Heinrich Herbert:  Gunesch, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 133.